Home

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
323 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Email: christine@llc.umass.edu
Phone: (413) 545-6716

 

 

Welcome to the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures. With over sixty faculty members, 370 undergraduate majors, and nearly 200 graduate students, we are the largest department at UMass Amherst. Our undergraduate and graduate programs in Chinese, Comparative Literature, French, German and Scandinavian Studies, Hispanic Linguistics, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Translation Studies, provide a rich array of courses, including many taught in English, and a stimulating environment for scholarship, collaboration, and learning.

Our offices are located on the third, fourth, and fifth floors of Herter Hall; please click on program names below for detailed program and contact information.

William Moebius
Professor of Comparative Literature
Interim Chair of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
326 Herter Hall
bmoebius@complit.umass.edu

 

 

Programs

Comparative Literature

Asian Languages & Literatures

German & Scandinavian Studies

Spanish & Portuguese Studies

French and Francophone Studies

Italian Studies

Herter Hall, home of the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures